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Exercise 2

Specific and non specific time

Read the following newspaper extracts and say when these actions took place. If you do not have the information, write don’t know.

 

China (1) has extended its freeze on new capital spending projects until the end of this year as part of an effort to combat inflation. The State Council, China’s cabinet, (2) announced at the weekend that no new fixed-asset investment projects’ would be approved.

 

The seemingly unstoppable success story of J.Sainsbury, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, (3) came to an abrupt halt yesterday when they (4) warned that profits in the current year would be substantially lower than market expectations. The news (5) hit Sainsbury’s shares, which (6) plummetedfrom 481 p to 393 p.

 

Two years ago it (7) seemed as though Mr. Trump might no longer have his desk, his office, his tower, or any of the rest of the property and casino empire he (8) built up during the 1990s. And yet, he (9) has survived. Helped by the cash flows from his casinos, he (10) has paid off a large part of his dept.

 

1. has extended   don’t know_______________

2. announced      at the weekend____________

3. came               ________________________

4. warned           ________________________

5. hit                   ________________________

6. plummeted     ________________________

7. seemed            ________________________

8. built                ________________________

9. has survived   ________________________

10. has paid off              ________________________

 

Exercise 3

Present result of the past

Match each sentence in column A with the two sentences in column B that give more information about: (i) the action in the past, and (ii) the result in the present.

 

A

B

1. I have missed my flight to Rome.

 

2. I have lost that file on Inchcape.

 

3. We have relocated to Corby.

 

4. The dollar has fallen sharply.

 

5. We have automated our production lines.

 

6. The recession has been very severe.

A. We moved offices two months ago.

B. We bought some new machinery.

C. It dropped in value yesterday.

D. The factory is now very efficient.

E. It is trading at $1.90 to the pound.

F. A lot of firms are in trouble.

G. I arrived at the airport late.

H. The economy slowed down last year.

I. I don’t know where it is

J. I am waiting for another plane.

K. We have a new address.

L. I put it somewhere.

 



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